I used papers and embellishments mainly from the Debutante line. I also used some new Prima flowers from the Esperanza line, as well as the new resin flowers. That was so fun to alter, with the prima mist. I used ginger peach and gold foil.

I tucked in some wood icons and more resins pieces here and there for good measure. Plus a bit of misting and stamping around the page.

Thank you for joining our blog hop this month! If you came here from Helena's blog, then you are on the right track. If not, go back to Swirlydoos' blog and start from there. Make sure you leave a comment on all blogs for a chance to win a prize! And, make sure you have LIKED & FOLLOWED Swirlydoos on Facebook!!!

Swirlydoos is proud to bring you our beautiful July collection:

Belle Fleur

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And check out these coordinating add ons that perfectly compliment our July scrapbook kit!

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Are you a subscriber? If so, your kit is on it's way if you don't already have it! If not, check out the Swirlydoos store to see if there are any July kits or add ons in the store!

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We have some absolutely beautiful scrapbook projects for you to see today !!

First up is my take on this months sketch. Here is the sketch. Don't forget to join our monthly sketch challenge, it's open to everyone.

Here is my my layout.

I decided to use just one photo for my layout, although I am loving the multi photo sketches. Most of the items used came from the main kit. I did use some flowers from the flower add on, the pearls came from the embellishment add on.

The resin butterfly, the birdcage and doily came from my stash. I also pulled out some of my punches for this layout.There is a tiny bit of masking done in the background. These papers didn't need much extra.

Next up is a layout I did for the Prima build a page. I used their sketch and the Prima papers and embellishments in the kit to create this vintage layout. The papers in this kit a great for creating vintage layouts.

Again, most of the products used on this age came from the main kit. I also used flowers from the add on kit. This time I used more from the embellishment add on as well as the mixed media kit. The Prima mist are so fun to use. I used the ginger coral from the kit, plus I added a bit of gold foil from my stash. The resin clock and corner are also from my stash.

Next up is a layout I created for the Blue Fern sketch challenge. Since we had such a mix of products in this kit, I was able to do a bunch of challenges. Just spreading the Swirlydoos love around.

This is a photo of my cute niece. I kept this layout very simple, using items from the main kit (Blue fern papers) and the embellishment add on. I added a few flowers from my stash, as well as the angel resin and the doily. I embossed the blue fern chipboard gates with some aged wine embossing powder. I love the effect it created.

My last layout is just another vintage layout. I had lots of fun creating this one. That chipboard fan was just screaming to be altered so I did.

Again, this is mostly main kit and embellishment add on items. I added some cardboard from the box my kit got shipped in and a small piece of black from an older kit. Also cardstock from the add on.

Now, what I did to the chippie. I knew I wanted it to look vintage, but I wanted it to have some color. What to do?? I first gave it a coat of gesso. While the gesso was still wet, I sprinkled on some aged ocher embossing enamel. It didn't take in some places, and I was happy with that. Once melted, it didn't quite have the texture I wanted, so I gave it another coat. Once I was happy with the texture, I realized it had too much "shine" to be vintage. So I too some chalk ink and brushed over it just to tone down the "shine". BAM!! I was happy with my fan.

I hope you have enjoyed my projects. Thanks for stopping by my blog. If you’re ready to start getting perfectly coordinated, top of the line scrapbook kits delivered to your door, please visit us at www.swirlydoos.com. Mention my name (Kim Heard) when you subscribeand you’ll receive 10% off your first kit, AND a coupon good for 30% off your entire purchase in the Swirlydoos.com store!

You have until midnight, eastern time, July 25th to complete the hop. Winners will be announced on the Swirlydoos Blog on 7/28. In order to qualify to win here is what you need to do:1: Visit all of the blogs and leave a comment on each. This way we know you were there. Take your time. There are REALLY beautiful things to see along the way.2: Before you leave each blog, look for the “special” words and write it down. Once you have visited all the blogs and collected all the special words, they will create a sentence. 3: Finally, go back to the Swirlydoos blog and leave a comment letting us know how much fun you had, tell us the sentence that was created with all of the special words you collected. Can't wait to hear from you.

Are you passionate about Scrapbooking? Do you enjoy teaching and inspiring other crafters? Can you gab with the best of us? Swirlydoos Kit Club is looking to add amazing talent to our outstanding Design/Education Team for a 6 month term that will run from our September, 2015 kit to our February, 2016 kit. We will be adding 2-3 fabulously creative Designers who are energetic, outgoing, talented, versatile individuals and who are committed to the beautiful art of scrapbooking.

Our designers must be able to devote the time necessary to our community, to our members, and to their artwork. We are especially interested in designers who make awesome video tutorials!

This DT call will close at midnight MST on August 15th, 2015.

This call is open to talented scrapbook designers/educators all around the globe

Design Team Requirements:

You will create a minimum of 4-5 layouts/projects, and as many cards, tags etc as you can per main kit sent to you.

Create at least one tutorial (video or photo. Video preferred) per month, and add content to our tips, tricks and techniques area in the forum.

Create a minimum of 3 “blank” cards during your 6 month term to send in to the home office.

You must upload your projects to all major scrapbook galleries and blogs you are affiliated with, along with Facebook and Pinterest.

Advertise for Swirlydoos kit club with Blinkies, blog banners, badges and other social media tools.

BE EXCITED about being on the team! Be very ACTIVE on the forum and in our Facebook gallery!

You will participate in our monthly blog hops, plus challenges and special events (NSD, WCMD) on our forums.

You will occasionally be asked to send us some of your completed projects for display at trade shows that Swirlydoos is participating in.

An ideal candidate for being on the design team will:

-Have the ability to take excellent, clear pictures of projects.

-Create educational videos to be added to our YouTube Library using Swirlydoos main kit, Project add-on kits or products form our Swirlydoos boutique.

-Be dedicated to promoting the kits and personal projects to social media on reveal day, including Facebook and Instagram.

Today I'm sharing my DT projects from the May *Spring Chic* Swirlydoos Kit. We are still playing catch up at Swirlydoos. First from our April kit being so far behind, then the new website and if you are a follower of the Facebook page Swirly Camp. With all the shenanigans going on, I still managed to get some layouts done.

First up is my layout based on the May sketch. It is another beauty.

Here is my layout.

I used items from the main kit and a few pieces from the embellishment add on. The chipboard, doily, butterfly and die cut are from my stash. You can easily re-create this look using die cuts from your own stash.

Next up is a very feminine layout I created using the corrugated paper and chipboard frame we got in the main kit. You may recognize the 2 cuties. They are my nieces, a few years ago. They show up pretty often in my layouts.

I used lots of the pretty pink and cream petaloo flowers from the flower add on. The chipboard frame was heat embossed with some shabby pink embossing powder from my stash. I did some masking and misting to my background. The mist is from the mixed media kit add on.

My next layout is pretty simple. I had a hard time leaving so much space on the layout. I just wanted to fill the page. It was also a personal challenge to scrap a picture that wasn't perfect. I don't know about you, but I have a hard time scrapping not so perfect pictures. This was is pretty blurry, but the colors are perfect for the papers.

So as we say at Swirly Camp....Challenge Freaking Accepted!!!

I used more of that awesome corrugated paper. Man, I freaking love that stuff. Flowers are from the main kit and flower add on. I threw in a bit of bling from my stash. We got some really fun micro beads in the mixed media kit. I used them on the frame. I covered the frame in gesso and while it was still wet, I poured on the micro beads. I love how it turned out.

For our Project kit, we got the new Tim Holtz frame. I started working on mine. I decide to go with a travel theme. I printed a few pictures in wallet size and pulled out my travel ephemera. Here is what I have so far.

I'll be adding more pages to this, turning it into a flip album. I am having lots of fun creating with this frame.

That's all I have for today. Thanks for checking out my blog.

Remember, if you’re ready to start getting perfectly coordinated, top of the line scrapbook kits delivered to your door, please visit us at www.swirlydoos.com. Mention my name (Kim Heard) when you subscribe and you’ll receive 10% off your first kit, AND a coupon good for 30% off your entire purchase in the Swirlydoos.com store!”

April has been a heck of a month for Swirlydoos. We have had some product shipping issues that have seriously delayed kit shipping. Plus some website hacking issues. But when life give you lemons, at Swirlydoos we make margaritas.

We have a sparkling new website. It's full of fun new features and we are having a great time test driving them all. Plus the April kits are being shipped and May kit add-ons have been revealed. Who doesn't enjoy getting back to back swirly kits, I know I don't?

Without further ado, here are my projects from the April kit. I normally start with the sketch, unless I have a specific idea in my head for a layout. This months sketch was a beauty (I think I say that every month about the sketch). Here is the April sketch.

Here is the layout I created from the sketch. I used items from the main kit along with the flower and embellishment add-ons. The resin, ribbon and picks are from my stash.

This month was my turn to create the anatomy of a layout. So this next layout was created using only the main kit. There will be a step by step posted in the forums on how I created it.

Next is a very girly layout, using lots of my signature color, PINK!! I used lots of the flowers from the flower add-on. The bling is left over from last months kit. Isn't that metal trellis just to die for? I did do some masking and a lot of misting on this layout.

My last layout is a vintage layout. It's a photo of my dad and his sister with friends when they were teenagers. I cherish photos like this because I don't have a lot of them. I did a bit of stamping and used some micro beads on this one. The 2 large flowers are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my projects. Remember, if you’re ready to start getting perfectly coordinated, top of the line scrapbook kits delivered to your door, please visit us at http://www.swirlydoos.com/. Mention my name (Kim Heard) when you subscribe and you’ll receive 10% off your first kit, AND a coupon good for 30% off your entire purchase in the Swirlydoos.com store!

Today I'm sharing a tutorial using the mediums from the March *Garden Romance* Kit. In the kit we received the Shimmerz Mono Tonez and a The Crafters Workshop stencil. The stencil is a mix of grungy impressions and the Mono Tonez are a greyish/silver color.

In the Mono Tonez you get 2 mist, 1 Vibez and 1 Spritz. The Spritz is more of a translucent shimmer spray. The Vibez is a deeper color with a lot more shimmer and shine. You also get 2 pots, 1 inklingz and 1 of the new creameez. These are shimmering watercolors and are activated by water. The creameez are more muted in color, while the inklingz have super shimmer to them. These 4 products compliment each other really well and are fun to layer.

I have created a video to show you how to you can use these products to alter some chipboard and flowers. Then I used the mask, mist and altered pieces on a layout. Here is the completed layout.

Thanks for stopping by. Remember, If you’re ready to start getting perfectly coordinated, top of the line scrapbook kits delivered to your door, please visit us at www.swirlydoos.com. Mention my name (your name) when you subscribe and you’ll receive 10% off your first kit, AND a coupon good for 30% off your entire purchase in the Swirlydoos.com store!

I just want to share a couple more layouts I created using the March *Garden Romance* Kit from Swirlydoos. This was another fun kit to work with. Who am I kidding, they are all fun kits to work with. Everything coordinates so beautifully together.

For this first layout I used the Blue Fern Love Story papers that were in the kit. I had been dying to scrap this photo, but the color combo was so different and I didn't want to change it to black and white. Enter Love Story and the color combo was perfect for it.

This layout was used in the round robin challenge at Swirlydoos. I got to follow my amazingly talented sister savages Sherri and Peggy. They gave me plenty of inspiration to work with. This is what I created.

I love how it turned out. That cute butterfly is from my fellow DT member Angelica's Etsy store. You should check it out.

This next layout was created with more of the March *Garden Romance* kit. Since I don't get to spend a lot of time with my nieces, I get the updates on their lives from Facebook. It's also where I "snag" the most current pictures. I got the pictures for this layout from my niece using her nana's phone to take selfies. LOL!!

This is also for another challenge at Swirlydoos. It's the All that Flutter challenge. The floral vine in the middle is again from fellow DT member Angelica's Etsy store. I'm serious, you really need to check it out.

Ok, now the announcement. It's a bittersweet one. Our wonderful DT Coordinator Rae is stepping down. thanks goodness we are really good friends or I would miss her like crazy.

I have been promoted to DT Coordinator. I am really looking forward to this wonderful opportunity. i have some really big shoes to fill. Rae was always so helpful and encouraging. I'm so glad she will be helping me transition into this new position.

Thanks for stopping by and remember, if you’re ready to start getting perfectly coordinated, top of the line scrapbook kits delivered to your door, please visit us at www.swirlydoos.com. Mention my name (Kim Heard) when you subscribe and you’ll receive 10% off your first kit, AND a coupon good for 30% off your entire purchase in the Swirlydoos.com store!

Today I am sharing my projects I created with the March *Garden Romance* Kit. Instead of a blog hop this month, we are doing a designer spotlight. Not only will I be sharing my projects, but I will tell you a bit of my process when working with the kit. Plus, I will be revealing a new challenge for March/April.

First off, let's talk about how I use the kit. When I get my box of goodies, I take it and go to a quiet room in the house. I don't like too be disturbed when I am opening my scrappy goodies. I start with my add-ons first and save the main kit for last as that is always the surprise.

Once I have gone through everything, I combine it all into one kit. Then I start planning my pages. Since I already have an idea of whats in the kit from the add on reveal, I already have specific pictures in mind. I typically start my scrapping with the sketch of the month. Have you seen this months sketch it is a beauty.

Here is my interpretation of the sketch. This kit is perfect for me to scrap more of my wedding photos. Can you believe my wedding colors were pink and grey. How lucky was that?

I used the mostly the main kit for this layout. The chippie, resin and a few of the pink flowers are from my stash.

For my next layout I continued on with the romantic feel. I love this photo of us and really wanted it to shine. Again, I used mostly items from the main kit, the flower and embellishment add-ons. I also grabbed a few items from past kits. The chippies and resin once again came from my stash.

Next up is the acrylic box from the project add on. Typically I don't get my project add on done right away, but this box is so cute. It was just calling to me.This project didn't take much time at all. There are these wonderful stencils in this kit, I used those and some shimmerz dazzlers to do the design on the top of the box.

The big grey and pink roses came from my stash. The small grey flowers and the vine are in the kit. I did some stamping on the sides of the box. The chippies are also in the kit, I mixed 3 colors of embossing powder to get that look on them.

Now I would like to announce another challenge for March/April. This is going to be a color challenge. I just love the colors of this kit, so why not do a color challenge. Here is the color palette for this challenge.

Hold on my savages there is more to this challenge than just color. You will have to create your own ephemera to use as well. How you say? with stamps, that's how. Never fear, I have created a video (gasp did I just say video) tutorial on using your stamps to create your own ephemera. Please be kind, this is my first ever video, I promise to get better.

Here is my sample for the challenge. All the details of the challenge are posted here.

If you have gotten this far, thanks for hanging in there with me. I hope you enjoyed my projects as much as I enjoyed sharing them with you.

Don't forget if you’re ready to start getting perfectly coordinated, top of the line scrapbook kits delivered to your door, please visit us at www.swirlydoos.com. Mention my name (Kim Heard) when you subscribe and you’ll receive 10% off your first kit, AND a coupon good for 30% off your entire purchase in the Swirlydoos.com store!”

March Scrapbook Kit Reveal!

Thank you for stopping by today! I will be featuring all my projects from this kit on the Swirlydoos blog on Friday 3/20, so please check it out. We are doing a designer spotlight and all the design team members will be sharing with you our process when working with the kit. It's going to be tons of fun.

Swirlydoos is proud to bring you our beautiful March collection:

Garden Romance

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Are you a subscriber? If so, your kit is on it's way if you don't already have it! If not, check out the Swirlydoos store to see if there are any Marchkits or add ons in the store!

Remember if you’re ready to start getting perfectly coordinated, top of the line scrapbook kits delivered to your door, please visit us at www.swirlydoos.com. Mention my name (Kim Heard) when you subscribe and you’ll receive 10% off your first kit, AND a coupon good for 30% off your entire purchase in the Swirlydoos.com store!

Even though I wasn't officially designing this month for Swirlydoos, I did create a few projects/layouts with the February *Artful Blues* kit. I loved this kit, first for the colors. Normally in February, you lots of pink and reds in kits. This kit was full of blue, teal and aqua colors. So perfect for masculine and feminine layouts. You could do clean and simple or shabby chic and everything in between.

Here is the kit once again. Don't you just love it?

Look at the add ons that go with it. There may still be some kits and add ons available in the boutique.

Ok, so you want to see what I did with this kit? Here is a canvas I did. I lifted the idea from fellow DT member Helena. She used the pretty frame paper over a canvas.

I used my parents wedding picture. This canvas is being displayed in my living room.

My next layout is made from a couple of car selfies I took. The title was taken from and inside joke with a couple of friends.

Here is another layout I created with the kit. This is an older picture of my nephew. It matched the colors in this kit so perfectly.

I have one more creation from this gorgeous kit. I decided I want to do something with the big flowers in the kit. What better way to show off some flowers than to do a altered cigar box.

I have had this box for a while waiting for the right time to alter it. These flowers were the inspiration I needed.

I had so much fun creating with this kit. I still have a few layouts in the works. I still haven't done the sketch challenge yet.

If you’re ready to start getting perfectly coordinated, top of the line scrapbook kits delivered to your door, please visit us at www.swirlydoos.com. Mention my name (Kim Heard) when you subscribe and you’ll receive 10% off your first kit, AND a coupon good for 30% off your entire purchase in the Swirlydoos.com store!”